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Nympha Comacchio oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03852

Abstract

Oral history with Nympha Comacchio conducted by Cecilia Winchell and Stefani Evans on May 09, 2022 for the Reflections: the Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. In this interview, Comacchio recalls her childhood in the Philippines and growing up in a large family. After attending elementary school, Comacchio immediately went to work on her father's lumber farm, performing manual labor until she was seventeen. Later, she recalls finding employment as a seamstress in Manila, where she met her first husband when she left to work in Saudi Arabia for better pay. Comacchio describes how she was able to receive a student visa to finally immigrate to the United States, where she first arrived in California. Eventually, after meeting her second husband and hearing about housing prices in Las Vegas, Nevada, they purchased a house in the city in 2000. After briefly working for the New Frontier, Comacchio began working for the Wynn and Encore, where she found out about the Culinary Workers Union and became more active in that organization. Throughout the rest of the interview, Comacchio touches on the responsibilities of being a housekeeper, the current challenges they face, and how she feels about the growing AAPI population in southern Nevada.

Archival Collection

Fold-out booklet of Las Vegas Hotels and Casinos: postcards, image 003

Description

Part of a postcard booklet depicting Downtown Las Vegas at night, The Hotel Riviera, and Crash Corrigan at the New Frontier Hotel.

Photograph of Kenny Guinn, Burton Cohen, John Young, and Phil Arce, Las Vegas (Nev.), May 28, 1981

Date

1981-05-28

Description

From left to right: Kenny Guinn, Burton Cohen, John Young, and Phil Arce at a dinner at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada honoring Bob Crippen and John Young to celebrate the first voyage of the Columbia space ship. Included in the photo's sleeve is a copy of Las Vegas Review Journal's "Help Us Write History" and personal testaments.

Image

Photographs of Multiple demonstrations, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1990s (folder 2 of 5)

Date

1990 to 1999

Description

Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.B. Other Demonstrations and Strikes

Image

Photographs of Multiple demonstrations, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1990s (folder 4 of 5)

Date

1990 to 1999

Description

Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.B. Other Demonstrations and Strikes

Image

Photographs of AFSCME rally, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1992 June 18 (folder 1 of 9)

Date

1992-06-18

Description

Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.A. Frontier Strike

Image